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The New Grove Book of Operas

Hardcover • 1996 • English

The New Grove Book of Operas

By Stanley Ed. Sadie

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About the book

This book combines meticulous scholarship with a lightness of touch that will delight the opera-goer. The fascinating illustrations bring an amusing dimension showing how opera has been staged from its beginnings to modern 'deconstructed' productions. The operas are listed in alphabetical order. In addition to a full synopsis of every plot, there is a cast list and a note of the singers in the original production, as well as information about the origins of the work and its literary and social b...Show more

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9780333651070

Publisher

Macmillan

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

The New Grove Book of Operas

Format

Hardcover

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